The Deggaron Mosque is situated in the ancient settlement of Hazora in the Navoi region. According to specialists, it was built in the 11th century on the site of an older structure dating back to the 7th-9th centuries, and is the region’s oldest surviving mosque.
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It was built near a quarter, whose residents used to produce ceramic boilers (Dek-garon).
Hazora was a mid-size town during the Middle Ages, and Arabic sources refer to a canal dug nearby. The city was responsible for protecting the border of the Bukhara oasis with the «Great Steppe,» and was a link in the «Kampir-duval» fortification system.
The Deggaron Mosque is built in the form of a cube topped with domes that rest on four huge columns of burnt brick. Other walls were made from raw brick, but are covered on the outside by burnt brick. Four stout pillars (128 cm in diameter) divide the open interior into nine parts. The hall’s central part is larger than the rest and is covered by a massive dome. The remaining segments are topped by eight smaller cupolas that rest on intermediate arch vaults and walls of the mosque. In the 20th century, an aiwan with columns was attached to the mosque’s southern and eastern facades. The southern wing of the aiwan rests on a row of columns, while the larger eastern wing sits on two rows of columns. One of the columns has an inscription that suggests the aiwan was repaired in 1910. The aiwan subsequently collapsed.
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The Deggaron Mosque is distinguished by its humble and ascetic appearance. As one of Central Asia’s most ancient mosques, it is a particularly valuable architectural monument